Business Areas and Products

Nihon Kohden’s primary business is development, manufacturing, sales, maintenance and consultation of medical electronic equipment and related systems and products.

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Nihon Kohden's mission is to utilize its leading edge technology and products to support medical treatment in all clinical areas from emergency response to testing, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. In addition to clinical treatment, Nihon Kohden products play an active role outside the hospital, such as in health improvement and home medical care and nursing as well as basic medical research.
Under the philosophy that curing disease is something that transcends politics and national borders, we export our medical equipment and devices to more than 120 countries and regions around the world to fulfill local medical needs.

Physiological Measuring Equipment

By drawing upon its core technical strength of sensor technology, Nihon Kohden continues to provide excellent biomedical instruments which can detect the faint signals produced by the human body. The Company’s main products include electroencephalographs, electrocardiographs, evoked potential/EMG measuring instruments, and polygraphs for cath-labs. In particular, we have a high global market share in electroencephalographs. Electroencephalographs are indispensable in the treatment of epilepsy, brain tumors, sleep disorders and other conditions.

Patient Monitoring Systems

Patient monitors are used in the emergency room, operating room, intensive care, general ward and other areas to measure the patient's vital signs such as ECG, SpO2, NIBP and other physiological parameters. Nihon Kohden offers a wide range of patient monitoring products for different medical needs. Our patient monitors also incorporate advanced technologies such as esCCO and iNIBP to improve healthcare.

Treatment Equipment

The defibrillator is used in resuscitation. It delivers an electrical shock to a heart which has gone into life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation in order to restore a normal heart rhythm. In recent years, the AED (automated external defibrillator) has become widely available in public places. Nihon Kohden is the only company in Japan that develops and manufactures biphasic AEDs and defibrillators for hospital and ambulance use.
We also import a wide range of treatment devices into Japan, including pacemakers, vagal nerve stimulators, ventilators and anesthesia machine.

Medical Support Systems

Nihon Kohden provides IT systems that help hospitals enhance their level of care and improve operational efficiency, the quality of medical care and patient safety. We are actively developing diagnostic information systems for laboratories and clinical information systems for patient monitors used in operating room, intensive care and general ward.

In-vitro Diagnostic Equipment

In order to provide better medical solutions for various medical fields, Nihon Kohden is actively developing blood cell counters and reagents for over 40 years. We also provides clinical chemistry analyzers that measure C-reactive protein and HbA1c. Our cutting-edge laboratory products provide the best solutions for all users and patients worldwide.